This young intern from a local college had joined me for a day for a tour of the construction site I was working in. I am a site engineer with about 15 years of experience in Construction, and it was interesting for me to see what the kids of these days learn in school! “So do you know how pulleys make our lives interesting, Jim?” I asked, picking up a simple single wheel pulley from my table.
This particular electro plated gray iron fixed eye pulley was from Baron Hardware. I knew for a fact that Baron had excellent quality pulleys in single and double wheel models, both in fixed-eye or swivel-eye varieties. Since Baron does a 3 step quality check – one of the raw materials, another of the production process and a third of the finished goods, we have never had to suffer any quality issues when we bought from Baron. And the prices have always been affordable, being only 80% of the market prices. I bet their international sourcing has something to do with that!
Back to my intern, Jim recited like a typical kid just out of school, “A pulley is a simple machine that can make your work easier because it helps to lift heavy loads with proportionately lesser effort. A pulley can also reduce friction and hence prevent breakage of ropes while lifting heavy objects. Pulleys come in very handy if the direction of the force applied needs to be reversed”.”Oh, he sure has studied his books”, I thought.
Trying to impart some practical knowledge to the kid, I spoke in my best school teacher voice, “Did you know that the evidence of use of these simple machines have come from Egypt and Mesopotamia from as early as the second millenium BC?”, and saw how Jim’s eyes brightened with interest.
“Have you noticed the use of pulleys even today in many of our regular activities, such as in wells to draw water, elevators, exercise equipment, to open and close theatre curtains, flagpoles, window blinds, etc.? Well, one place where all the three major types of pulleys – fixed, movable and compound are used – is in Construction. While some activities can be performed with only a single wheel pulley, many heavy lifting actions would involve a complex system of simple and double wheel pulleys”, I said, and paused for breath.
“Can you understand how important the quality of the pulleys would be for the safety of the men and material that work in Construction?” I asked, trying to drill the point into his head. “ I got that Sir”, Jim said, “I guess that’s why you buy all your connecting hardware from America’s Leading Hardware Distributor and Supplier!”
“Of course”, I agreed, “But did you know that sometimes we have to build systems to move and lift multiple heavy objects on the spot, and at those times availability of stock is of the essence? Baron Hardware’s products are always in stock and can be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. Wherever I am in the United States, I can receive their products within 3 days of shipping. Now that has been a big help many times to reduce the project timelines, increase efficiency and save on operational costs!” I said with the note of thankfulness that creeps in whenever I talk of Baron Hardware.
Afterall, all I have to do is take a look at their product catalogue at https://baronhardware.com/products/. and write to their friendly and helpful salespeople at sales@baronhardware.com to get their suggestions on what products would best fit my needs. I have also tried calling them at 800-368-8585 after browsing their website https://baronhardware.com/ and have found them equally efficient.
“You should try what works for you, Jim”, I said. “Every hardware component we use in Construction including the eyebolts, nuts, screws, shackles, clamps, chains, pulleys, snaps, hooks and wire ropes should be of impeccable quality so as to ensure safety with the resulting structure, and Baron Hardware is the go-to place for all of them!” I concluded, with the complete satisfaction of having taught the kid something useful!
I buy my rigging hardware, so essential at my site, from Baron. Why don’t you try them out too? It’s easy. Just call them at 800-368-8585 and I promise you will be hooked!
